Aptos Creek Road is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park near Monte Toyon, CA. It climbs 392 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi184 – 397 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 37.00309, -121.91062
Nearest town Monte Toyon, CA
Directions
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Aptos Creek Road
4.3 mi · ▲ 392 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 185–398 ft
Out & Back · The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Trailhead: 37.00309, -121.91062
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:16 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Aptos Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Aptos Creek Fire Road, heading NE.
- 1 miReach Aptos Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Aptos Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
77% dirt23% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:16 AMSunset 8:13 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
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